Teenager who lured girls into house to be gang-raped by Asian gang is jailed for seven years

 

teenage girl who lured two young white girls on a night out to be raped by three Asian men was jailed for seven years yesterday. Stephanie Knight, then 17, told the 16-year-olds they were going for an 'exciting night' clubbing but instead plied them with vodka and drugs before forcing them to have sex with 'her boys'. The girls had been taken in a large 4x4 vehicle to a derelict house where they were subjected to a sickening sex attack by the three men, one of whom was on licence after being let out early from an eight-year prison sentence for robbery. Yesterday as the three attackers, Amjad Hussain, 34, Shahid Hussain, 37, and Tanveer Butt, 39, were jailed indefinitely at Preston Crown Court and ordered to serve at least seven-and-a-half years, a judge also sentenced Knight to seven years in a young offenders institute, saying she played a vital role. Judge Beverley Lunt said the teenager, who had been in care most of her life, had distorted views on morality and knew exactly what she was doing when she led them into the trap. She told Knight: 'You knew what has likely to happen when instructed by Amjad Hussain. 'You lured these two 16-year-girls from the safety of their homes and lured them into the clutches. 'You lied to them you said you were going on an exciting night out when there was no such intention.' She added: 'It is clear you have had a difficult life so there is no doubt you have distorted views on morality and appropriate behaviour. 'There is no question that you were badly used by these men. 'But this means that you knew what they were like and what their interests were yet your lured the girls into their clutches. 'But for you neither girl would have been exposed to the danger of that night and subjected to humiliating rapes. 'You played a vital part in this conspiracy and knew what you were doing.' Yesterday Knight, now 19, fought back tears as she stood in the dock alongside brothers Amjad and Shahid Hussain, and their cousin, father-of-four Butt. Addressing all four defendants Judge Lunt continued: 'It is a total lack of humanity shown by any of you as this girl was repeatedly raped which disturbing and horrifying in this case.' The case is the latest featuring Asian sex attackers preying on vulnerable young girls which has prompted former Home Secretary Jack Straw to warn that some Pakistani men in Britain see white teenagers as 'easy meat' for sexual abuse. Knight met the three attackers after one pulled up in the street beside her six months earlier in his car and asked for her number.